Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 5.0 NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green
The most recent (20 or less) USGS Moment Tensor Solutions are shown.
Data from the Source Parameter Database.
E P I C E N T E R | MOMENT | P R I N C I P A L A X E S |N O D A L P L A N E S |
DATE TIME (UTC) LAT LONG SRC|DEPTH VAL EX | T N P | 1 2 | % SRC
YR MO DA HR MN SEC deg deg | km Mw Nm |VAL PL AZM VAL PL AZM VAL PL AZM|STK DP SLIP STK DP SLIP| DC
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2007 12 22 07:11: 8.10 -2.407 139.067 PDE| 20.0 6.1 1.6 18 |1.62 38 156 -0.04 51 341 -1.58 2 248|300 62 28 196 66 149| 95 GS
2008 01 01 18:54:59.01 -5.878 146.884 PDE| 35.0 6.1 2.0 18 |1.91 81 341 0.15 5 108 -2.06 6 199|295 38 98 105 52 83| 85 GS
2008 01 24 22:29:53.06 -6.026 146.619 PDE| 31.0 5.7 5.0 17 |4.90 38 27 0.20 39 256 -5.10 26 141|180 40 11 82 83 130| 92 GS
2008 07 25 20:11: 7.50 -5.808 146.658 PDE| 31.0 5.3 1.3 17 |1.12 83 51 0.36 3 285 -1.48 5 195|281 40 84 109 50 95| 51 GS
2008 10 23 10:04:35.04 -2.635 145.574 PDE| 2.0 6.3 3.1 18 |3.04 23 299 0.08 63 149 -3.12 11 34|345 82 155 79 65 9| 95 GS
2008 10 28 16:00: 3.24 -3.494 145.867 PDE| 12.0 5.9 1.0 18 |0.85 9 309 0.34 78 169 -1.18 7 41| 86 78 1 355 89 168| 42 GS
2008 12 09 15:31:50.19 -2.814 139.320 PDE| 41.0 5.6 3.2 17 |3.18 38 258 -0.01 24 146 -3.17 41 32|146 89 -115 53 25 -4| 99 GS
2009 03 10 17:42:14.43 -1.878 139.119 PDE| 5.0 5.4 1.7 17 |1.93 50 225 -0.67 12 330 -1.26 37 70|329 83 78 211 14 151| 31 GS
2009 03 28 17:59:31.75 -2.952 139.543 PDE| 90.0 6.0 1.1 18 |1.13 71 0 -0.14 11 130 -0.99 13 223|329 33 112 124 59 76| 75 GS
2009 04 01 03:54:58.77 -3.522 144.102 PDE| 11.0 6.3 3.2 18 |2.85 18 313 0.64 65 173 -3.49 14 48| 1 87 156 92 66 3| 63 GS
2009 10 15 12:11:16.41 -3.058 139.539 PDE| 95.0 5.9 8.2 17 |8.65 40 233 -0.99 38 100 -7.66 26 348|288 82 129 28 39 13| 77 GS
2009 12 27 13:19: 7.17 -3.102 139.653 PDE| 14.0 5.5 2.5 17 |2.67 5 298 -0.53 34 205 -2.15 55 36| 60 50 -43 181 59 -131| 60 GS
2010 01 03 04:11:39.49 -5.297 145.859 PDE| 34.0 5.8 5.6 17 |4.78 71 20 1.44 14 159 -6.23 11 252| 1 35 115 150 59 73| 54 GS
2010 04 07 14:33: 1.93 -3.760 141.943 PDE| 20.0 5.9 9.4 17 |9.44 6 100 -0.08 64 357 -9.35 24 192|329 77 -158 234 69 -13| 98 GS
2010 04 22 18:32:19.54 -6.613 146.426 PDE|123.0 5.4 1.5 17 |1.61 11 198 -0.24 32 100 -1.37 55 305|322 44 -40 83 64 -126| 70 GS
2010 07 26 17:08:49.85 -3.832 141.400 PDE| 35.0 5.5 2.1 17 |2.10 11 111 0.03 49 214 -2.13 37 11|159 55 -159 56 73 -37| 97 GS
2010 08 04 07:15:33.51 -5.486 146.822 PDE|207.0 6.4 4.7 18 |4.84 57 61 -0.33 26 279 -4.51 16 180|237 37 42 112 67 119| 86 GS
2010 09 26 11:08:44.39 -5.573 146.462 PDE| 95.0 5.6 2.8 17 |1.82 83 284 1.41 6 143 -3.22 5 52|328 50 97 136 41 81| 12 GS
2010 11 08 21:40:10.49 -4.176 142.202 PDE|113.0 5.4 1.4 17 |1.21 58 162 0.40 17 280 -1.61 26 19|275 73 73 142 24 135| 50 GS
2010 11 16 01:39:42.81 -1.990 139.017 PDE| 3.0 5.9 7.6 17 |7.48 64 221 0.18 7 325 -7.66 25 58|322 70 83 163 21 109| 95 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
